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Gentoo Linux: GLSA 201402-11 Normal: Links Integer Overflow DDoS Risk

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Calendar Grey February 7, 2014
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The Gentoo GLSA 201603-08 addresses a buffer overflow vulnerability found in the Curl library, which could permit malicious actors to execute arbitrary code.
An integer overflow in Links might allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

An integer overflow vulnerability was found in the parsing of HTML tables in the Links web browser when running in graphical mode.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service integer overflow gentoo linux links browser

Resolution

All Links users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/links-2.8-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-6050 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6050

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-11
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Links: Denial of Service
Date: February 07, 2014
Bugs: #493138
ID: 201402-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service integer overflow gentoo linux links browser

Synopsis

An integer overflow in Links might allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Links is a web browser which runs in both graphics and text modes.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/links < 2.8-r1 >= 2.8-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.